Overview

• The initiative by Deputy Armando Corona Arvizu was published in the Gaceta Parlamentaria on September 23 and remains a proposal pending congressional consideration.
• It would add Articles 211 Bis 8 and 211 Bis 9 to the Federal Penal Code to punish creating, manipulating or disseminating digital content without consent to ridicule, harass, impersonate or harm someone’s reputation or dignity.
• Penalties range from three to six years in prison and fines of 300 to 600 days, with harsher punishments if the victim is a minor, a person with disabilities or a public servant, or if the dissemination is massive or causes demonstrable harm.
• The scope includes AI-generated and altered media such as deepfakes, memes, stickers, gifs, images, videos and audios distributed online or via messaging apps.
• Supporters cite rising cyberharassment and accessible AI tools, while critics including Article 19 warn the ambiguous language could criminalize parody or political critique and invite discretionary enforcement.